Presidents Day Weekend Construction

The main entrance and driveway to the hospital are closed from Friday (2/16) at 9 pm through Monday (2/19) at 5 pm. The primary entrance to the hospital will be the Hunnewell Building’s main entrance on Longwood Avenue and will also be used to access the Emergency Department, and the main entrance to Enders on Longwood Avenue will be open for access to the Emergency Department from 6 am - 8 pm. For urgent patient arrivals, emergency and handicap vehicles can get to the Emergency Department through the ambulance bay on Binney Street.

Each fellow is assigned to the site that best fits his/her research and mentoring needs, but all trainees meet together weekly. Our leadership team has achieved seamless integration across these sites and built an exceptionally collegial learning environment - a true "fellowship." First-year fellows learn directly by watching second-year fellows go through the process of narrowing their focus, beginning job searches, negotiating positions, and embarking on the next steps of their careers. We believe that the mutual support that trainees enjoy in our fellowship is critical to their longer term success.

Personalized mentoring

The design and execution of at least two studies, one involving analysis of a large existing database, the other involving a personally designed study with primary data collection.

Presentation of results at local and national meetings and completion of manuscripts.

A specific plan for developing a career development award or other independent funding.

We also understand that mentoring does not end with graduation from our program. Our faculty members routinely maintain mentoring relationships with fellows who stay at Harvard, as well as those who relocate to other institutions. The positive experience we've had with mentorships has resulted in a growing alumni network. Read more about our alumni.

Access to vast resources

In addition, the Harvard-wide structure of the program is able to provide:

A real-world context for research, as a result of direct engagement with healthcare delivery in our hospitals, community practice sites, extended delivery systems and health plans.

Partnerships with organizations that have direct impact on the quality, safety and equity of care, including the National Initiative for Children's Healthcare Quality, the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, the Stoeckle Center for Primary Care Innovation and the Disparities Solutions Center at MassGeneral.

Access to large defined populations, their providers and related clinical, administrative and claims-based databases, and to senior researchers experienced in their use.

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Boston Children’s is so much more than a hospital—it’s a community of researchers, clinicians, administrators, support staff, innovators, teachers, patients and families, all working together to make the impossible possible.
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